MSG Opinion – Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 1st January 2025
This Privacy Policy outlines how MSG Opinion, operated by MASAGA RESEARCH, collects, uses, stores, discloses, and protects your personal data. This policy complies with international data protection regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP 2023 - India), Canada’s PIPEDA, and Australia’s Privacy Act 1988.
MSG Opinion is a proprietary research panel operated by MASAGA RESEARCH, a market research and data analytics company. We provide insights to global clients by engaging registered members through online, phone-based, or in-person research surveys.
MASAGA RESEARCH
Email:info@msgopinion.com
Data Protection Officer (DPO)
Email:info@msgopinion.com
- Identity Data: Name, date of birth, gender
- Contact Data: Email address, phone number, mailing address
- Demographic & Profiling Data: Occupation, education, income, ethnicity, household details, preferences, and behavioral traits
- Survey Responses: Opinions, experiences, and any user-generated content
- Device & Usage Data: IP address, device ID, browser type, operating system, geolocation
- Audio/Video Data: If you participate in recorded interviews or video-based surveys (with consent)
Sensitive personal data is collected only when required and with explicit, informed consent.
- To invite and qualify you for research studies
- To conduct surveys and interviews
- To validate survey data and prevent duplicate/fraudulent participation
- To comply with legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations
- To analyze panel behavior and improve experience
- To offer rewards and process incentives
- To anonymize and aggregate data for client reporting
We do not sell your personal data.
- Consent
- Legitimate interest
- Legal obligation
- Contractual necessity
- Data is retained for as long as necessary or legally required
- Typically, panelist data is removed after 24 months of inactivity
- Survey responses are anonymized post-project unless retention is legally required
- Access, rectify, erase, restrict, or object to processing
- Withdraw consent
- Request data portability
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Contact: dpo@masagaresearch.com
- Right to know, delete, opt-out of sale/sharing, and non-discriminatory service
MSG Opinion does not sell data
Requests: privacy@masagaresearch.com
- Transparent collection
- Access and correction rights
- Secure data handling and limited sharing
Data may be transferred internationally with appropriate safeguards:
- Standard Contractual Clauses
- Data processing agreements
- Compliance with local laws
- Encryption, multi-factor authentication
- Access control, audits, secure infrastructure
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- Authentication
- Analytics
- Fraud prevention
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No data is knowingly collected from children under 16.
Parental consent is required when necessary.
- Clients (aggregated)
- Tech providers
- Reward vendors
- Legal authorities (when required)
Updated periodically. Material changes will be communicated.
Latest version always on our site.
Email:info@msgopinion.com
DPO: info@msgopinion.com